diff --git a/doc/man/mc.1.in b/doc/man/mc.1.in
index 16c10190e..ff68a981d 100644
--- a/doc/man/mc.1.in
+++ b/doc/man/mc.1.in
@@ -66,10 +66,51 @@ the last directory the Midnight Commander was in.  Source the file
 .B mc
 as an alias to the appropriate shell script.
 .TP
-.I \-s, \-\-slow
-Turn on the slow terminal mode, in this mode the program will not
-draw expensive line drawing characters and will toggle verbose mode
-off.
+.I \-s
+Set alternative mode drawing of frameworks.
+If the section [Lines] is not filled, the symbol for the pseudographics
+frame is a space, otherwise the frame characters are taken from follow params.
+
+.B You can redefine follow variables:
+.TP
+.B lefttop
+left\-top corner
+.TP
+.B righttop
+right\-top corner
+.TP
+.B centertop
+center-top cross
+.TP
+.B centerbottom
+center\-bottom cross
+.TP
+.B leftbottom
+left\-bottom corner
+.TP
+.B rightbottom
+right\-bottom corner
+.TP
+.B leftmiddle
+left\-middle cross
+.TP
+.B rightmiddle
+right\-middle cross
+.TP
+.B centermiddle
+center cross
+.TP
+.B horiz
+default horizontal line
+.TP
+.B vert
+default vertical line
+.TP
+.B thinhoriz
+thin horizontal line
+.TP
+.B thinvert
+thin vertical line
 .TP
 .I \-t, \-\-termcap
 Used only if the code was compiled with Slang and terminfo: it makes
diff --git a/src/menu.c b/src/menu.c
index 1edd68d48..cf9219402 100644
--- a/src/menu.c
+++ b/src/menu.c
@@ -90,18 +90,14 @@ static void menubar_paint_idx (WMenu *menubar, int idx, int color)
         /* menu separator */
         tty_setcolor (MENU_ENTRY_COLOR);
 
-        if (!tty_is_slow ()) {
-            widget_move (&menubar->widget, y, x - 1);
-            tty_print_alt_char (ACS_LTEE);
-        }
+        widget_move (&menubar->widget, y, x - 1);
+        tty_print_alt_char (ACS_LTEE);
 
         tty_draw_hline (menubar->widget.y + y, menubar->widget.x + x,
-                        tty_is_slow () ? ' ' : ACS_HLINE, menubar->max_entry_len + 2);
+                        ACS_HLINE, menubar->max_entry_len + 2);
 
-        if (!tty_is_slow ()) {
-            widget_move (&menubar->widget, y, x + menubar->max_entry_len + 2);
-            tty_print_alt_char (ACS_RTEE);
-        }
+        widget_move (&menubar->widget, y, x + menubar->max_entry_len + 2);
+        tty_print_alt_char (ACS_RTEE);
     } else {
         /* menu text */
         tty_setcolor (color);
diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index 86d106c8d..ff67f56e0 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -715,8 +715,7 @@ mini_info_separator (WPanel *panel)
 
     tty_setcolor (NORMAL_COLOR);
     tty_draw_hline (panel->widget.y + y, panel->widget.x + 1,
-		    tty_is_slow () ? '-' : ACS_HLINE,
-		    panel->widget.cols - 2);
+		    ACS_HLINE, panel->widget.cols - 2);
     /* Status displays total marked size.
      * Centered in panel, full format. */
     display_total_marked_size (panel, y, -1, FALSE);
@@ -769,7 +768,7 @@ show_dir (WPanel *panel)
 		 panel->widget.y, panel->widget.x,
 		 panel->widget.lines, panel->widget.cols);
 
-    if (show_mini_info && !tty_is_slow ()) {
+    if (show_mini_info) {
 	widget_move (&panel->widget, llines (panel) + 2, 0);
 	tty_print_alt_char (ACS_LTEE);
 	widget_move (&panel->widget, llines (panel) + 2,
diff --git a/src/setup.c b/src/setup.c
index 2da14582c..f546372d2 100644
--- a/src/setup.c
+++ b/src/setup.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "../src/tty/key.h"
 #include "../src/tty/mouse.h"		/* To make view.h happy */
 
+#include "args.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "panel.h"
 #include "main.h"
@@ -550,6 +551,49 @@ setup__move_panels_config_into_separate_file(const char*profile)
 
 }
 
+
+static int
+setup_srt_to_char (char* str)
+{
+    int res = -1;
+
+    if (!str)
+        return (int) ' ';
+    res = g_utf8_get_char_validated (str, -1);
+
+    if ( res < 0 ) {
+        return (int) *str;
+    } else {
+        return res;
+    }
+}
+
+static inline int
+setup_load_lines_frm(const char *name)
+{
+    int ret;
+    char *frm_val = NULL;
+    frm_val = mc_config_get_string(mc_main_config, "Lines", name, " ");
+    ret = setup_srt_to_char (frm_val);
+    g_free (frm_val);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static void
+setup_load_lines_tty(void)
+{
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_horiz] = setup_load_lines_frm("horiz");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_vert] = setup_load_lines_frm("vert");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_lefttop] = setup_load_lines_frm("lefttop");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_righttop] = setup_load_lines_frm("righttop");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_leftbottom] = setup_load_lines_frm("leftbottom");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_rightbottom] = setup_load_lines_frm("rightbottom");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_thinvert] = setup_load_lines_frm("thinvert");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_thinhoriz] = setup_load_lines_frm("thinhoriz");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_rightmiddle] = setup_load_lines_frm("rightmiddle");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_leftmiddle] = setup_load_lines_frm("leftmiddle");
+}
+
 char *
 setup_init (void)
 {
@@ -680,6 +724,9 @@ load_setup (void)
     if ( get_codepage_id( display_codepage ) )
         utf8_display = str_isutf8 (get_codepage_id( display_codepage ));
 #endif /* HAVE_CHARSET */
+
+    if (!mc_args__ugly_line_drawing)
+        setup_load_lines_tty();
 }
 
 #if defined(USE_VFS) && defined (USE_NETCODE)
diff --git a/src/tree.c b/src/tree.c
index a3b1e12b7..78582ac4a 100644
--- a/src/tree.c
+++ b/src/tree.c
@@ -257,8 +257,7 @@ static void show_tree (WTree *tree)
     /* Loop for every line */
     for (i = 0; i < tree_lines; i++){
 	/* Move to the beginning of the line */
-	tty_draw_hline (tree->widget.y + y + i, tree->widget.x + x,
-			' ', tree_cols);
+	tty_draw_hline (tree->widget.y + y + i, tree->widget.x + x, ' ', tree_cols);
 
 	if (!current)
 	    continue;
diff --git a/src/tty/tty-internal.h b/src/tty/tty-internal.h
index e257a9057..4b44f0d32 100644
--- a/src/tty/tty-internal.h
+++ b/src/tty/tty-internal.h
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 /* If true lines are shown by spaces */
 extern gboolean slow_tty;
 
+/* If true use +, -, | for line drawing */
+extern gboolean ugly_line_drawing;
+
 /* The mouse is currently: TRUE - enabled, FALSE - disabled */
 extern gboolean mouse_enabled;
 
diff --git a/src/tty/tty-ncurses.c b/src/tty/tty-ncurses.c
index d511037dd..4a2d285ec 100644
--- a/src/tty/tty-ncurses.c
+++ b/src/tty/tty-ncurses.c
@@ -216,8 +216,12 @@ tty_getyx (int *py, int *px)
 void
 tty_draw_hline (int y, int x, int ch, int len)
 {
+    if (ch == ACS_HLINE && slow_tty) {
+        ch = ugly_frm_thinhoriz;
+    }
+
     if ((y >= 0) && (x >= 0))
-	move (y, x);
+        move (y, x);
     hline (ch, len);
 }
 
@@ -290,6 +294,14 @@ tty_print_anychar (int c)
 {
     unsigned char str[6 + 1];
 
+    if (c == ACS_RTEE && (ugly_line_drawing || slow_tty)) {
+        c = ugly_frm_rightmiddle;
+    }
+
+    if (c == ACS_LTEE && (ugly_line_drawing || slow_tty)) {
+        c = ugly_frm_leftmiddle;
+    }
+
     if ( c > 255 ) {
         int res = g_unichar_to_utf8 (c, (char *)str);
         if ( res == 0 ) {
diff --git a/src/tty/tty-slang.c b/src/tty/tty-slang.c
index 831113c1b..b9ae4430d 100644
--- a/src/tty/tty-slang.c
+++ b/src/tty/tty-slang.c
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ void
 tty_init (gboolean slow, gboolean ugly_lines)
 {
     slow_tty = slow;
+    ugly_line_drawing = ugly_lines;
 
     SLtt_get_terminfo ();
     SLutf8_enable (-1);
@@ -386,6 +387,10 @@ tty_getyx (int *py, int *px)
 void
 tty_draw_hline (int y, int x, int ch, int len)
 {
+    if (ch == ACS_HLINE && (ugly_line_drawing || slow_tty)) {
+        ch = mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_thinhoriz];
+    }
+
     if ((y < 0) || (x < 0)) {
 	y = SLsmg_get_row ();
 	x = SLsmg_get_column ();
@@ -435,7 +440,8 @@ tty_draw_vline (int y, int x, int ch, int len)
 void
 tty_draw_box (int y, int x, int rows, int cols)
 {
-    if (slow_tty)
+    /* this fix slang drawing stickchars bug */
+    if (ugly_line_drawing || slow_tty)
 	tty_draw_box_slow (y, x, rows, cols);
     else
 	SLsmg_draw_box (y, x, rows, cols);
@@ -468,7 +474,18 @@ tty_print_char (int c)
 void
 tty_print_alt_char (int c)
 {
-    SLsmg_draw_object (SLsmg_get_row(), SLsmg_get_column(), c);
+    if (c == ACS_RTEE && (ugly_line_drawing || slow_tty)) {
+        c = mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_rightmiddle];
+    }
+
+    if (c == ACS_LTEE && (ugly_line_drawing || slow_tty)) {
+        c = mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_leftmiddle];
+    }
+    if (ugly_line_drawing || slow_tty) {
+        tty_print_char (c);
+    } else {
+        SLsmg_draw_object (SLsmg_get_row(), SLsmg_get_column(), c);
+    }
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/tty/tty.c b/src/tty/tty.c
index 9ea48de7d..682134a6f 100644
--- a/src/tty/tty.c
+++ b/src/tty/tty.c
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ gboolean slow_tty = FALSE;
 /* If true use +, -, | for line drawing */
 gboolean ugly_line_drawing = FALSE;
 
+int mc_tty_ugly_frm[] = { '|', '-', '|', '-', '+', '+', '+', '+', '+', '+'};
+
 /*** file scope macro definitions **************************************/
 
 /*** file scope type declarations **************************************/
@@ -121,8 +123,8 @@ tty_got_interrupt(void)
 void
 tty_print_one_hline (void)
 {
-    if (slow_tty)
-	tty_print_char (' ');
+    if (ugly_line_drawing || slow_tty)
+	tty_print_char (mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_thinhoriz]);
     else
 	tty_print_alt_char (ACS_HLINE);
 }
@@ -130,8 +132,8 @@ tty_print_one_hline (void)
 void
 tty_print_one_vline (void)
 {
-    if (slow_tty)
-	tty_print_char (' ');
+    if (ugly_line_drawing || slow_tty)
+	tty_print_char (mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_thinvert]);
     else
 	tty_print_alt_char (ACS_VLINE);
 }
@@ -139,8 +141,16 @@ tty_print_one_vline (void)
 void
 tty_draw_box_slow (int y, int x, int ys, int xs)
 {
-    tty_draw_hline (y, x, ' ', xs);
-    tty_draw_vline (y, x, ' ', ys);
-    tty_draw_vline (y, x + xs - 1, ' ', ys);
-    tty_draw_hline (y + ys - 1, x, ' ', xs);
+    tty_draw_vline (y, x, mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_vert], ys);
+    tty_draw_vline (y, x + xs - 1, mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_vert], ys);
+    tty_draw_hline (y, x, mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_horiz], xs);
+    tty_draw_hline (y + ys - 1, x, mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_horiz], xs);
+    tty_gotoyx (y, x);
+    tty_print_char (mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_lefttop]);
+    tty_gotoyx (y + ys - 1, x);
+    tty_print_char (mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_leftbottom]);
+    tty_gotoyx (y, x + xs - 1);
+    tty_print_char (mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_righttop]);
+    tty_gotoyx (y + ys - 1, x + xs - 1);
+    tty_print_char (mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_rightbottom]);
 }
diff --git a/src/tty/tty.h b/src/tty/tty.h
index 4d1fcd06d..51f411323 100644
--- a/src/tty/tty.h
+++ b/src/tty/tty.h
@@ -77,6 +77,21 @@ extern void tty_draw_box (int y, int x, int rows, int cols);
 extern void tty_draw_box_slow (int y, int x, int ys, int xs);
 extern void tty_fill_region (int y, int x, int rows, int cols, unsigned char ch);
 
+extern int mc_tty_ugly_frm[];
+
+typedef enum{
+    MC_TTY_FRM_thinvert,
+    MC_TTY_FRM_thinhoriz,
+    MC_TTY_FRM_vert,
+    MC_TTY_FRM_horiz,
+    MC_TTY_FRM_lefttop,
+    MC_TTY_FRM_righttop,
+    MC_TTY_FRM_leftbottom,
+    MC_TTY_FRM_rightbottom,
+    MC_TTY_FRM_leftmiddle,
+    MC_TTY_FRM_rightmiddle
+} mc_tty_frm_t;
+
 extern char *tty_tgetstr (const char *name);
 
 extern void tty_beep (void);